Birthday Grandson Quotes & Sayings

The beauty of modern cities consists in a sense of their power, cruelty, impersonality, massiveness, + variety (as in New York or London) seen against the architectural vestiges of a beautiful past. — Susan Sontag

A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written — Isaac

Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights. — A.E. Van Vogt

It is indeed a singular thing that people wish to pass laws to nullify the disagreeable consequences that the law of responsibility entails. Will they never realize that they do not eliminate these consequences but merely pass them along to other people? The result is one injustice the more and one moral the less. — Frederic Bastiat

Why else do we write and write except to move our readers? — Jerome Charyn

I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. — Olivia Wilde

And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole. — Aisha Tyler

Every argument is incapable of helping unless it is singular and addressed to a single person. Therefore, one who discourses in any other way presumably does so from love of reputation. — Apollonius Of Tyana

had grown tonight, since Gordy and Crystal both brought friends. Joan was ecstatic at the popularity their little — Virginia Smith

Reincarnation isn't something in which I choose to believe but rather a truth I accept. Most people will never know the meaning of their friendships, passions, choices and even challenges. I embrace them, knowing that there's always a perfect correlation between everything, including between us and the ones that love us and betray us at the end. That's how I know I'm almost never traveling somewhere but returning, or not meeting someone but fixing the past, or facing a challenge but ending a karmic cycle. If I was a Buddhist Monk, a Scottish Doctor, a French Monarch, or a Spanish Templar, none of that really matters, not as much as what I experienced and believed during that time, not as much as what I did ten years ago or what I believed during my childhood, not as much as who I am now and what I can do with my life at present time. — Robin Sacredfire

You could say singing is in our genes. Both our parents sang and made up songs constantly. — Isaac Hanson

Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus. — Jon Gordon

The view from our garden is spectacular. I thought about people I knew who right at that moment might be plucking chickens, picking strawberries and lettuce, just for us. I felt grateful to the people involved, and the animals also. I don't say this facetiously. I sent my thanks across the county, like any sensible person saying grace before a meal. — Barbara Kingsolver

Leading a family is the hardest job a man can ever have. — Dave Ramsey

It's a question of what love gives you the right to do. — Zadie Smith